Person
Cainan
also known as KenanCainan (antediluvian patriarch)
- Gender:
- Male
- Born:
- 3679 BC
- Died:
- 2769 BC
- Verse mentions:
- 7
- Title:
- Cainan (antediluvian patriarch)
The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen. 5:9-14), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1 Chr. 1:2).
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- Genesis 5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
- Genesis 5:10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
- Genesis 5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
- 1 Chronicles 1:2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
- Luke 3:37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,